SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Southwest Miami-Dade, prompting a heavy law enforcement presence and a brief lockdown of a nearby middle school.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies and Fire Rescue units were seen responding to the 15700 block of Southwest 140th Street, around two blocks away from Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School. A mobile command unit was also on the scene.
According to MDSO, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent was inside his car when an individual on the street approached the car and began hitting the window. The agent got out of his car and the individual began fighting him.
Investigators said the individual threw the agent to the ground and got on top of him, leading the agent to take out his weapon and fire it, fatally striking the subject.
A City of Miami Police officer in the area, along with responding MDSO deputies, responded to the scene and provided life-saving efforts to the individual, but he was pronounced dead by paramedics a short time after.
7News cameras captured paramedics with MDFR wheeling the FDLE agent into the hospital.
A statement from FDLE said the agent was not seriously injured.
Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School in Southwest Miami-Dade was temporarily placed on lockdown, Thursday morning. It has since been lifted.
Students who spoke with 7News said they were shaken when the lockdown was first announced.
“We were in lockdown, we had to wait there for awhile,” said student Carlos Carralero.
“They said that there was an armed person near the school,” said another student.
Parents were equally filled with worries after they were able to pick up their children.
“The kids are a little bit anxious and nervous, asking what happened. The parents feel the same,” said a parent in Spanish.
The MDSO Homicide Bureau has since taken over the investigation.
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